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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by yorwba on Sunday November 01, 2020 @09:12AM (#24959591)
Land borders can be closed except for a few checkpoints, which serve as the equivalent of international airports (and seaports, don't forget about those). I don't know much about Australian geography, so I had to check on a map, but it looks like it's possible to travel from Melbourne to other parts of Australia over land. Apparently some measures were taken to prevent the virus from spreading along that route.

Driving case counts down to zero isn't useless since any outbreaks that flare up again due to gaps in border security will be localized and can be kept in check with localized lockdowns instead of shutting down the whole country.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by thisrod on Sunday November 01, 2020 @04:59PM (#24962891)
> Apparently some measures were taken to prevent the virus from spreading along that route.

Police road blocks. Geography no doubt helps: there are only so many bridges across the Murray River, passes through the Australian Alps, and roads across the desert to Adelaide. And it's a bit far to ride a bicycle cross country.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by luckylion on Sunday November 01, 2020 @10:58AM (#24960299)
> Land borders can be closed except for a few checkpoints, which serve as the equivalent of international airports (and seaports, don't forget about those).

Not in continental Europe, not without involving the military.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by Scoundreller on Sunday November 01, 2020 @11:10AM (#24960381)
I mean, France deploys its military internally all the time, lately 4000 to protect churches.

And they’ve had in-Schengen passport checks on “temporary for 1-year” bases for several years now without the EU doing too much about it.

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Re:No new locally-acquired coronavirus cases in Australia ye... by doubleunplussed on Sunday November 01, 2020 @03:57PM (#24962450)
So involve the military? Not seeing the problem here.
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